Obama and Putin publicly ignored each other at D-Day Memorial

Obama and Putin publicly ignored each other at D-Day Memorial. “But they did have an informal conversation for 10 to 15 minutes during a lunch… the White House said.” We can imagine how it went… Obama: “The cold war called, it wants its foreign policy back!” Putin: “Why don’t you trade me an aircraft carrier for a 1980 Trabant? You know you want to!” And so on, and so on…

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